Alternatives
Looking for a European alternative to Drata?
Yes, and the useful question is not whether one exists but how to tell a real one from a label. Tidal Control is built and hosted in Europe and covers more than 30 frameworks, including ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, NIS2 and DORA.
Everything stated below about Drata comes from drata.com/plans, retrieved 23 October 2026. Pages change without notice, so read the source before you decide anything.
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What to check in a European alternative
The question is easy to ask and hard to verify. These four are checkable on any vendor that calls itself European, including this one.
Whether the European frameworks are even on the menu
This is the sharpest check for a European buyer. Drata's GRC Foundation plan includes "1 Pre-Mapped Framework", and the plans page limits that choice to "SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA, and GDPR" (drata.com/plans, retrieved 23 October 2026). NIS2 and DORA are not in that list, so the two frameworks driving most EU searches sit above the entry plan. Tidal Control carries all 30 plus on every subscription.
Which region, not which continent
Tidal Control runs on Microsoft Azure in the West Europe region, located in the Netherlands, with backups within the EU, so controls, risks, policies and evidence stay under EU jurisdiction. Drata's plans page states nothing about where customer data is stored, so ask for the region and the backup region in writing rather than accepting Europe as an answer.
Whether the ceiling is measured in headcount
Drata's GRC Foundation plan states "Up to 50 FTEs", with "Any Available Framework" arriving at Advanced. A headcount ceiling moves you up a tier for reasons unrelated to compliance. Tidal Control prices by subscription, with no headcount limit on framework access.
Whether the price is published at all
Tidal Control lists Essential at 299 euro, Professional at 589 euro and Scale at 1,999 euro per month, with lower annual rates, at tidalcontrol.com/pricing. Drata's plans page names Foundation, Advanced and Enterprise and puts a "Get Started" link to a demo against them rather than a figure.
The frameworks behind this question
European buyers rarely need one framework on its own. These four are the combination that usually drives the search.
NIS2
The EU directive on network and information security, and the reason many organisations start looking at all.
DORA
Digital operational resilience for financial entities and their ICT suppliers.
ISO 27001
The information security baseline, and the certification most European buyers start from.
SOC 2
The report American customers ask for, run from the same platform as your EU obligations.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Tidal Control is built and hosted in Europe, runs on Microsoft Azure in the West Europe region located in the Netherlands, and carries more than 30 frameworks including NIS2 and DORA on every subscription. Whether it replaces what you run today depends on the four checks above.
Not according to its plans page. GRC Foundation includes "1 Pre-Mapped Framework" chosen from "SOC 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, HIPAA, and GDPR", and "Any Available Framework" is listed at Advanced (drata.com/plans, retrieved 23 October 2026). Confirm it with them, because this is the detail most likely to change.
No. SOC 2 sits alongside ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2, DORA and more than 30 other frameworks on one platform, so an American customer asking for SOC 2 and a European regulator asking for NIS2 are served from the same set of controls.
Tidal Control runs on Microsoft Azure in the West Europe region, located in the Netherlands, with backups within the EU, so your compliance data stays under EU jurisdiction. That is the level of detail worth asking every vendor for, in writing.
Its plans page says nothing about it, in either direction (drata.com/plans, retrieved 23 October 2026). That is not a criticism, it is simply not stated there, which is why the question belongs in writing to any vendor you shortlist.
The statements about Drata were taken from drata.com/plans on 23 October 2026. Vendor pages change without notice, so treat the source as authoritative and this page as a pointer to it.